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1996-132J \NPDOCS\ORD\D~SAELED ORD AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 18, SECTION 18-109, TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL DISABLED PARKING SPACE ON THE WEST SIDE OF CEDAR STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH WEST HICKORY STREET; AMENDING SECTION 18-109(a) TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION I. That pursuant to Section 18-96 of the Code of Ordinances, the city engineer is directed to designate and mark parking spaces in areas where parking is to be limited. SECTION II. That Section 18-109(a) of Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton, Texas is hereby amended to read as follows: (a) When signs are erected giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person at any time to stop, stand, park or leave standing any vehicle not displaying special license plates or a parking placard issued pursuant to the requirements of the Texas Department of Transportation indicating that the owner or a passenger thereof permanently or temporarily dlsabled at any of the following locations: S C_~II. That Section 18-109(a) (1)-(24) shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION IV. That Section 18-109(a)(25) shall be added to create a new d~sabled parking space on the corner of Cedar Street and West Hickory Street and subsection (25) shall read as follows: (25) One (1) parking space on the west side of Cedar Street, immediately north of West Hickory Street. SECTION V. An individual adjudged guilty of violating any provisions of this ordinance when signs are erected giving notice thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). ~ VI. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the provislons of this ordinance become effective which are inconsistent or an conflict with the terms or provisions contained in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict. SECTION VII. That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the city Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such ~nvalldity. ~ That th~s ordlnance shall become effective fourteen (14) days from the date of lts passage, and the City Secretary ls hereby dlrected to cause the captlon of this ordinance to be published twice in the Denton-Record Chronicle, the official newspaper of the Clty of Denton, Texas, wlthln (10) days of the date of lts passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the~ day of ~.~_~___, 1996. JACK~"---- ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: HERBERT L. PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY